Main Yarra Trail bridge (April 2015)

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One of my personal objectives is to convince Australia's millions of TV addicted couch potatoes to make the switch and convert to bush potatoes! In other words, get out there and see the REAL Australia. Go bushwalking - by yourself or with someone! If you never never go, you'll never never know...!

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NEW! FOX's POINT TOURIST RAILWAY

FOX's POINT TOURIST RAILWAY – “The Vista Trains”

I have published an updated new edition of this free on-line Research Project.-----------------------------------------

This is about the "Fox's Point Scenic Railway", also known as the "Vista Trains", an almost forgotten part of the Dandenong Ranges history in Melbourne's outer east, a popular tourist attraction between 1953 and 1961, located on the north face of Mt Dandenong.

It was located 3 km from the township of Montrose, on the southern side of the Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd, near the intersection of Inverness Rd.

My dissertation, of 30 chapters, brings together many heritage images, descriptive texts, location maps and drawings about the Railway. A special Chapter showing historical images of the early days of the Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd is also included.

New content now includes exclusive images of the demolition and recovery operations of 1965, the landslips and road widening of 1972, land usage, and a Historical Timeline.

ABOUT THIS WEBLOGThis is a Journal of bushwalking, hiking, and coastal trips, compiled by Bob Padula, of Mont Albert, Melbourne. It's updated whenever a new excursion is completed, which are usually short half or full day expeditions out of Melbourne. The entries highlight the places visited.

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It 's a directory of free, on-line, Research Projects compiled by the author, about the history, development and evolution of selected places and major engineering projects of significant heritage interest in Victoria.

A Synopsis of each Project is described, with an accompanying image and a link to the source URL.

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BOB PADULA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BOB PADULA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHYThe author's Autobiography is available on-line and contains 70 Chapters, and over 1000 images, including sound and video files. It chronicles the most important events and activities of his life, from 1939 until the present.

These pix were taken on Dec 13 2013 in the Koonung Creek Wetlands, Mont Albert North, on a 2.5 km hike along the Koonung Creek Trail. ...

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